Aditi Mangaldasperforms as part of a 3 day three-day showcase of contemporary Indian dance and music @ the ICA from 2 – 4 August 2002 She performed @ the Edinburgh Festival last year:“Slap hot rhythm… Continue Reading

National Ballet of China perform Raise the Red Lantern 11 – 15 November 2003 at Sadler’s Wells. Zhang Yimou, who directed the film of the same name, was invited by Zhao Ruheng, artistic director of… Continue Reading

In a bid to preserve the heritage of contemporary dance, a groundbreaking work from the 1960’s has been recorded in Labanotation. Joukje Kolff and Catherine Hale report… Trio A, by Yvonne Rainer, w… Continue Reading

Jasmin Vardimon’s ‘Lullaby’ Lullaby opens at The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre on Thursday 26th February and is showing until Saturday 13th March 2004. Lullaby: Set in the depths of an ano… Continue Reading

Rennie HarrisRennie Harris Puremovement will be performing at the Peacock Theatre, 21 – 25 October 2003. info & online booking Rennie Harris airs his thoughts on his work and dance:Age 39 years of age… Continue Reading

Newcomer duo, Stacked Wonky, received plenty of press attention last autumn for their work 401 Pieces because of its unusual setting in a contemporary furniture shop. But the publicity wasn’t calculated. … Continue Reading

After a long legal battle, the Martha Graham Company have established their right to perform her work. This week the company are at Sadler’s Wells with two programmes of work spanning eight decades. *Ruper… Continue Reading

Royal Opera House chief Tony Hall revealed that in a recent performance, The Nutcracker (Paul Kay) asked Clara (Leanne Cope) to marry him in any invitation passed between them near the end of the show. Read more… Continue Reading

Afshin Ghaffarian is an Iranian dancer who describes himself as an actor, because dance is against the law in his country. Dance is his passion – and also a form of protest against the intolerance of the I… Continue Reading

‘Prince’s prime achievement is to have crafted a populist entertainment capable of uniting the generations. Its appeal is rooted in her understanding of the primal emotional pull of musical theatre and the potency of popular music.’

‘Sandy choreographs with wit and inventiveness, so the Asbo kids really do skulk and flit like rats and the Piper (Duwane Taylor) expresses his authoritarian nature through tensely linear locking sequences.’

‘In the first cast, Sarah Lamb and Rupert Pennefather are dreamily romantic, in purest white, as the pas de deux couple, Yuhui Choe and Laura Morera dazzle in their virtuosity compe­tition, and Steven McRae soars through his mischievously insouciant role as the Bl…